Sunday, April 5, 2015

How 'Mad Men' fought for its place on TV

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Eight years after Mad Men pervaded popular culture, audiences finally prepare to say goodbye to the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series that helped launch a new golden era in television


It is hard to believe that when Matthew Weiner started pitching his new show, it was considered an impossible sell. It had no aliens, no complicated sci-fi mysteries to unravel, no murderers to catch



To sum up the plotlines of Mad Men would have been pointless. The slow-burn series, which centers on Donald Draper (Jon Hamm), an all-but-perfect ad man with a hard-knock past, is rarely about the big twist or a cliffhanger. It is more so a study of happiness — or lack thereof — and how despite great historical and cultural shifts, personal growth is often stagnant Read more...


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